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1 Mike Francesa's rocky one-year marriage with Fox Sports comes to a merciful end Friday. The Fox Sports 1 simulcast of his 1-6:30 p.m. weekday WFAN radio show will end. Francesa frequently complained on the air about the relationship, growing frustrated when his show got bumped to FS2 or off the air completely because of live soccer games. If there are more simulcasts in Francesa's future, MSG would seem to be the likely landing spot.

2Where in the world is Colin Cowherd? For one, you can find a simulcast of his noon-3 p.m. national radio show on FS1, perhaps the boiling point to Francesa's rage. Cowherd, whose ESPN show was heard for its entire 12-year stay on WTMM (104.5 FM), hasn't been heard locally. Albany market affiliate WOFX (980 AM) would not comment, but the Fox Sports Radio network reportedly isn't allowing 24/7 sports stations to carry him, wanting them to air Rich Eisen in that slot.

3 Nearly two weeks in, "Upstate Sports Edge," the half-hour weeknight offering on WCWN (CW-45), has found sufficient content to produce a smooth show, but you wonder if host Kelly O'Donnell and his crew can keep up the frantic pace. O'Donnell's participatory journalism has been entertaining, and some of the in-studio guests have been interesting. One suggestion would be to vary to content a little more rather than focus two-thirds of the show on the same topic.